Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 57
... added , thus producing mortar . Because it is a stronger bonding material than clay , freestanding walls using it in the rubble core as well as for facing stones did not have to be so wide to support the weight above them . If Broad ...
... added , thus producing mortar . Because it is a stronger bonding material than clay , freestanding walls using it in the rubble core as well as for facing stones did not have to be so wide to support the weight above them . If Broad ...
Page 62
... added up to a considerable complex of buildings ( mostly wood- en huts ) quite apart from the beaching hards and jetties that must also have been necessary . 24 The interior of Portchester Castle looking north- east , showing that the ...
... added up to a considerable complex of buildings ( mostly wood- en huts ) quite apart from the beaching hards and jetties that must also have been necessary . 24 The interior of Portchester Castle looking north- east , showing that the ...
Page 81
... adding an extra 3.7 metres . The solid projections running the full height of the wall between the turrets are pilaster ... added to the top . The number of largish windows indicates that Rochester Castle was intended as a residence and ...
... adding an extra 3.7 metres . The solid projections running the full height of the wall between the turrets are pilaster ... added to the top . The number of largish windows indicates that Rochester Castle was intended as a residence and ...
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accommodation Antonine Wall armour artillery assault attack barracks base bastions battery battle became besieged blockhouses bombardment Britain British brochs building built Cadbury Castle camp cannon captured casemates century Chepstow Castle citadel Constantinople construction covered Crusader curtain wall Deal Castle defenders ditch earth Eastbourne Redoubt embrasures emperor Empire enemy entrance equipment erected field army fieldworks fire force fortifications fortress forts French frontier garrison gates German gunpowder guns Hadrian's Wall Harlech Castle Henry VIII hillforts infantry invader iron Iron Age keep kilometres King legion Maginot Line Martello Martello Towers massive medieval ment metres metres high metres thick metres wide military architecture missiles mortar motte-and-bailey mounted Norman operations palisade parapet perhaps pillboxes protection purpose-built raids rampart refuge Rochester Castle Roman roof round royal side siege slope soldiers solid stone stronghold strongpoints structures surrender surrounded target timber tion towers troops tunnels turrets Vauban warfare warriors weapons wooden